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thundershower · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 雨 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 西北雨; on the Mainland it is 雷阵雨 - both point at “thundershower”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 西北雨、雷陣雨 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
Neither term carries an HSK or TOCFL level in this table - this pair is dictionary-recorded, not syllabus-derived.
Pair source: CC-CEDICT, which tags the Taiwan form as Taiwan usage.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 西北雨 | 雷阵雨 |
| Reading | ㄒㄧ ㄅㄟˇ ㄩˇ xī běi yǔ | léi zhèn yǔ ㄌㄟˊ ㄓㄣˋ ㄩˇ |
| Senses | thundershower | thundershower |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 西北雨 · 雷陣雨 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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